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The Rutles Album (Commercial + WMAQ 5 Station ID [Partial], 1978)

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Here is a commercial for an album by The Rutles, which aired during a commercial break for The Rutles special, "All You Need Is Cash".

Album available at Laury's (Anyone remember this chain?).

Also includes a cool (partial) animated WMAQ Channel 5 NBC station ID.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Wednesday, March 22nd 1978.

WBBM Channel 2 - Station ID Slide (Tiny Excerpt, 1971)

Views: 2820

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Here's a very brief excerpt of a station ID slide from WBBM Channel 2. The "2" at this point was from the network-mandated "CBS Didot" serif font, unlike sister stations WCBS Channel 2 in New York and then-KNXT Channel 2 (now KCBS) in Los Angeles which then used sans-serif Grotesque No. 9 whose size was the same as the CBS Eye. It should be also noted that another sister station at the time, WCAU...

Long Chevrolet - "Extra Camaros!" (Commercial, 1980)

Views: 3462

Here's another one of the original, infamous Long Chevrolet commercials with Timmy the Newsboy shouting "Extra, Extra!" ad infinitum.

"All new cars Acutrac checked!"

This aired on local Chicago TV on Saturday, February 9th 1980.

WLS Channel 7 - Ending of Halloween Is Grinch Night and Opening of The Halloween That Almost Wasn't (1979)

Views: 3494

Here's the closing credits for Halloween Is Grinch Night, followed by the opening moments of The Halloween That Almost Wasn't on WLS Channel 7. Includes.

End credits for Halloween Is Grinch Night - (C) MCMLXVII (1977) Dr. Seuss and A.S. Geisel - A DePatie-Freleng Production (voiceover by Allan Jefferys)

Promo for 240-Robert episode "Double Trouble" (with early acting appearances by future film star Michelle Pfeiffer and ...

WTTW Channel 11 - Station Sign-On & A.M. Weather (#1, 1983)

Views: 4044

Here's another station sign-on (voiceover by Marty Robinson) and AM Weather segment on WTTW Channel 11. (notice, slightly different WTTW logo layout over the colorbars)

A.M. Weather was produced by the Maryland Center for Public Broadcasting and sponsored by the Department of Transportation - Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Aircraft Owners & Pilots Association (AOPA), AOPA Air Safety Foundation, Phillips Petroleum, National Business Aircraft Association Inc, Hilton Hote...

WTTW Channel 11 - Station Sign-On & A.M. Weather (#2, 1983)

Views: 3513

Here's the station sign-on (voiceover by Marty Robinson) and AM Weather segment on WTTW Channel 11.

A.M. Weather was produced by the Maryland Center for Public Broadcasting and sponsored by the Department of Transportation - Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Aircraft Owners & Pilots Association (AOPA), AOPA Air Safety Foundation, Phillips Petroleum, National Business Aircraft Association Inc, Hilton Hotels Corporation, Continental Grain, Avemco Insurance, PDQ Executive Air...

WGN Channel 9 - Miles Showcase Theatre - "The Maltese Falcon" (On-Screen ID, 1973)

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Here's an on-screen station ID from the Miles Showcase Theatre presentation of the 1941 Humphrey Bogart movie "The Maltese Falcon" on WGN Channel 9. The ID is typeset on a very primitive character generator system whose service dated back to the late 1960's, and was used by other stations and networks on such news events as the 1968 Democratic National Convention and the 1969 Apollo 11 moon landing. This early CG typesetting preceded such systems as Vidifont and Chyron.

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WFLD Channel 32 - The Best of Groucho - You Bet Your Life (On-Screen ID, 1975)

Views: 1018

Here is an onscreen Station ID during The Best of Groucho - You Bet Your Life on WFLD Channel 32.

This aired on local Chicago TV likely in the first couple months of 1975, based on the record date for the Walt Bodkin TV Starter Kit ad.

KXTX Channel 39 [Dallas-Fort Worth, TX] - Star Trek - "Arena" (Technical Difficulties Moment, 1979)

Views: 1773

Here's an excerpt from an airing of an episode of the original Star Trek series on KXTX Channel 39 in Dallas-Fort Worth, TX (then owned by the Christian Broadcasting Network, now owned by Telemundo - and thus, a sister station to our own WSNS Channel 44, hence a six-degrees-of-separation Chicago connection).

After the station ID/"Next" promo (voiceover by ??), they start right off the bat with a misthreaded presentation (from the 16mm film projector) of the episode "Aren...